John scheidler



UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

JOHN SCHEIDLER, on ooLnwATER, MICHIGAN.

BARN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 506,732, dated October17, 1893.

Application filed December 30, 1892. Serial No. 456,820- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN SOHEIDLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Coldwater, in the county of Branch and State of Michigan,have invented anew and useful Barn, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in the construction of barns andother buildings designed to contain grain and similar stuffs.

The objects in view are to improve-the framework thereof and strengthenthe same against bulging at the sides and ends byreason of the weight ofthe grain, and also to render the roof in a manner self-supporting. Withthese several objects in view, and

other detail objects too numerous to mention,-

the invention consists in certain features of construction hereinafterspecified and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings:Figure 1 is a perspective view of theframework of a barn constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2is a transverse vertical section through one of the side walls. Fig. 3is a similar view through one of the end walls.

Likenumerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

In practicing my invention I employ the usual end and side-sills 1 and2, respectively, which are spiked together at their ends or otherwisejointed.

From the side-sills rise vertically the outer studding 3, and from theend-sills rise the outer studding at, corner-posts 5, being located atthe corners of the rectangle formed by the juncture of the sills 1 and2. Supported by the series of posts 5 and the outer studding 3 and 4,are the end-plates or sills 6, and the side-plates 0r sills 7, the samehaving their ends spiked to the upper ends of the posts and studding.

From the end-plates or upper sills 6, rises the roof-studding 8, and thesame are at tached to end rafters and the ridge-pole 9. Rafters 10, aresecured to the opposite sides of and decline from the ridge-pole 9, andcorresponding rafters 11, have their under edges at their lower endsrabbeted as indicated at 12, and spiked at intervals to the side-sillsor plates 7. The adjacent ends of the rafters 10 and 11 are spiked tothe opposite sides of rectangular rafters 13 and combine with the sameto form a series of hip-joints 14.

Spiked, as at 15, to the sills 2 at the sides of the centralouter-studding 3 of the framework and at the outer sides of one or moreof said studding, is a series of inner inclinedstudding 16, whose upperends extend up ward and inward from the sill 2 and terminate about flushwith the upper ends of the studding 3. To the upper ends of thesestandards 16, at each side of the central studding 3 there are spikedtrusses 18, Whose ends abut against the upper end-sills 6 adjacent tothe.

side-sills 7, and whose adjacent ends consequently form a V-shaped spaceor recess into which is driven a Vshaped wedge or key 19. Short piecesof plank 20, may be employed to surmount the trusses l8 and the uppersills or plates 7, and in such case are spiked, as indicated at 2l,attheir ends to both the sills 7 and trusses 18. By reason of the factthat the studs 16 are spiked at the ends only, it will be seen that theyare capable of a slight yielding from inside pressure.

Spiked as at 22, to the end bottom-sills 1 to the series of studding 4,is a series of inner inclined-studding 23, which extends upward andinward within the frame of the structure and terminate at their upperends opposite the outer end-studding 4:. To the upper ends of theseseries of inner studding 23, there is spiked at 24: a pair of trusses25, whose outer ends rest against the inner faces of the trusses 18, andbeing of a combined length slightly greater than the distance betweenthe two outer ends of the side-trusses 18, form a V- shaped recess attheir meeting ends into which a wedge-shaped key 26, is driven. Theupper inner inclined studding 27 have their lower ends spiked to thetruss 25 and inclined outward and have their upper ends spiked to theupper ends of roof-studding 8 before mentioned. The four sides of thestructure being thus constructed, it will be seen that the frame may bemade rigid and thoroughly braced against all outward pressure againstthe sides and ends by the contents of the building, and that the greaterthe pressure against the sides and ends the more'thoroughly does theframe become braced, so that any bulging of the outer studding usuallyemployed is avoided; furthermore, that in the same manner, that is by anadjustment of the wedges, the roof is propped or supported by thetrusses and inner inclined studding 16 so that the weight rests upon thetop-sills, 6, or, in other Words, upon the walls of the structure, andhas its major Weight supported directly from the ground-sills 1 and 2.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination, in abuilding, of upper and lower sills and interposed vertical-studding, ofinner side and end-studding inclined and rising from the lower sills,opposite trusses mounted upon the upper edges of the inner inclinedstudding and bearing at their outer ends against the sides and ends ofthe frame, and wedge-shaped keys driven between the meeting-ends of theside and end trusses, substantially as specified.

2. The'co'mbination, in a building, of upper and lower sills andintermediate vertical studding, of inner inclined studding extendingfrom the lower sills at the sides and ends of the frame, oppositeside-trusses mounted on the inner inclined side-studding and their outerends bearing against the upper sill, Wedge-shaped keys driven betweenthe adjacent ends of said side-trusses, opposite pairs of end-trussesmounted on the inner inclined end-studding and having their outer endsresting against the inner faces of the sidetrusses, and wedge-shapedkeys driven between the meeting ends of said end-trusses, substantiallyas specified.

3. The combination, in a building, of upper and lower sills, interposedstudding, rafters rising from the upper sills, a ridge-pole connectingthe rafters, and the lower ends of said rafters bearing on the uppersills,of opposite inwardly-inclined end-studding rising from theend-sills, trusses supported upon the said studding and having theirouter ends bearing against the framework, wedges interposed between themeeting-ends of the trusses, and the upper inclined-studding at each endof the frame rising frornthe trusses to the up per end of roof-studding,substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy'signatu're in the presence of two witnesses. I,

JOHN SOHEIDLER.

Witnesses:

B. S. SPo'FFoRD, C. T. GILBERT.

